orbit
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The space ship is designed to cut the cost of reaching orbit by 90% or more.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
But on the weeks when I have a little more energy — a little more calendar wiggle room, a little more curiosity — I try to widen my grocery orbit.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
In our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn are extremely cold because they orbit far from the sun.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Landry’s mission this week to pull Greenland closer into America’s orbit was his first trip to the Arctic island, which is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, a founding North Atlantic Treaty Organization member.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
I omitted mention for the present of my little relay satellite, set into orbit from the rocket; I did not want to give them the impression that their sky was full of my junk.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing orbit
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Eclipse Vocabulary
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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